1 Initial Corpus generation & inspection

1.1 Corpus Creation

1.1.1 General steps

  1. Scopus download of documents retrieved from search string from Markard et al. (2012), resulting in ca 2.800 documents. Limited to LANGUAGE=ENGLISH and TYPE=ARTICLE OR CONFERENCE PAPER OR BOOK OR BOOKCHAPTER OR EDITORIAL.
  2. Selecting “seed” publications. 1% most cited total + 1% most cited per year + top3 cited papers from each 2015-2017. Ex-post manual insertion and exclusion (authority based)
  3. Retrieving for each seed 500 publications with most shared references. Again limited to LANGUAGE=ENGLISH and TYPE=ARTICLE OR CONFERENCE PAPER OR BOOK OR BOOKCHAPTER OR EDITORIAL.
  4. Adittional ex. post filtering based on citations recieved and connectivity in bibliographic coupling network (see below)

1.1.2 Final corpus Size

## Number of unique publications in the final corpus:  12396

1.1.3 Seed Paper

n AU1 PY TI SO TC TC_year
1 Geels F 2002 Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: A multi-level perspective and a case-study Research Policy 1801 100.06
2 Geels F & Schot J 2007 Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways Research Policy 1415 108.85
3 Geels F 2004 From sectoral systems of innovation to socio-technical systems: Insights about dynamics and change from sociology and institutional theory Research Policy 1149 71.81
4 Kemp R et al. 1998 Regime shifts to sustainability through processes of niche formation: The approach of strategic niche management Technology Analysis and Str… 1117 50.77
5 Unruh G 2000 Understanding carbon lock-in Energy Policy 1035 51.75
6 Shove E 2010 Beyond the ABC: Climate change policy and theories of social change Environment and Planning A 852 85.20
7 Smith A et al. 2005 The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions Research Policy 848 56.53
8 Hekkert M et al. 2007 Functions of innovation systems: A new approach for analysing technological change Technological Forecasting a… 816 62.77
9 Markard J et al. 2012 Sustainability transitions: An emerging field of research and its prospects Research Policy 690 86.25
10 Garud R & Karnoe P 2003 Bricolage versus breakthrough: Distributed and embedded agency in technology entrepreneurship Research Policy 686 40.35
11 Bergek A et al. 2008 Analyzing the functional dynamics of technological innovation systems: A scheme of analysis Research Policy 647 53.92
12 Geels F 2011 The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: Responses to seven criticisms Environmental Innovation an… 589 65.44
13 Schot J & Geels F 2008 Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys: Theory, findings, research agenda, and policy Technology Analysis and Str… 576 48.00
14 Geels F 2005 Technological transitions and system innovations: A co-evolutionary and socio-technical analysis Technological Transitions a… 506 33.73
15 Jacobsson S & Lauber V 2006 The politics and policy of energy system transformation - Explaining the German diffusion of renewable energy technology Energy Policy 490 35.00
16 Jacobsson S & Johnson A 2000 The diffusion of renewable energy technology: An analytical framework and key issues for research Energy Policy 468 23.40
17 Geels F 2010 Ontologies, socio-technical transitions (to sustainability), and the multi-level perspective Research Policy 459 45.90
18 Loorbach D 2010 Transition management for sustainable development: A prescriptive, complexity-based governance framework Governance 459 45.90
19 Shove E & Walker G 2007 CAUTION! Transitions ahead: Politics, practice, and sustainable transition management Environment and Planning A 455 35.00
20 Smith A & Raven R 2012 What is protective space? Reconsidering niches in transitions to sustainability Research Policy 453 56.62
21 Markard J & Truffer B 2008 Technological innovation systems and the multi-level perspective: Towards an integrated framework Research Policy 445 37.08
22 Jacobsson S & Bergek A 2004 Transforming the energy sector: The evolution of technological systems in renewable energy technology Industrial and Corporate Ch… 367 22.94
23 Coenen L et al. 2012 Toward a spatial perspective on sustainability transitions Research Policy 346 43.25
24 Verbong G & Geels F 2007 The ongoing energy transition: Lessons from a socio-technical, multi-level analysis of the Dutch electricity system (1960-2004) Energy Policy 320 24.62
25 Shove E & Walker G 2010 Governing transitions in the sustainability of everyday life Research Policy 320 32.00
26 Meadowcroft J 2009 What about the politics? Sustainable development, transition management, and long term energy transitions Policy Sciences 315 28.64
27 Hodson M & Marvin S 2010 Can cities shape socio-technical transitions and how would we know if they were? Research Policy 311 31.10
28 Seyfang G & Haxeltine A 2012 Growing grassroots innovations: Exploring the role of community-based initiatives in governing sustainable energy transitions Environment and Planning C:… 305 38.12
29 Levin K et al. 2012 Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: Constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change Policy Sciences 302 37.75
30 Bulkeley H & Castan Broto V 2013 Government by experiment? Global cities and the governing of climate change Transactions of the Institu… 301 43.00
31 Geels F 2005 Processes and patterns in transitions and system innovations: Refining the co-evolutionary multi-level perspective Technological Forecasting a… 293 19.53
32 Kemp R et al. 2007 Transition management as a model for managing processes of co-evolution towards sustainable development International Journal of Su… 282 21.69
33 Smith A & Stirling A 2010 The politics of social-ecological resilience and sustainable socio-technical transitions Ecology and Society 271 27.10
34 Nill J & Kemp R 2009 Evolutionary approaches for sustainable innovation policies: From niche to paradigm? Research Policy 199 18.09
35 Weber K & Rohracher H 2012 Legitimizing research, technology and innovation policies for transformative change: Combining insights from innovation systems and multi-level perspective in a comprehensive ‘failures’ framework Research Policy 199 24.88
36 Truffer B & Coenen L 2012 Environmental Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in Regional Studies Regional Studies 198 24.75
37 Kern F & Smith A 2008 Restructuring energy systems for sustainability? Energy transition policy in the Netherlands Energy Policy 197 16.42
38 Rotmans J & Loorbach D 2009 Complexity and transition management Journal of Industrial Ecology 187 17.00
39 Voss J et al. 2009 Designing long-term policy: Rethinking transition management Policy Sciences 184 16.73
40 Meadowcroft J 2011 Engaging with the politics of sustainability transitions Environmental Innovation an… 179 19.89
41 Jacobsson S & Bergek A 2011 Innovation system analyses and sustainability transitions: Contributions and suggestions for research Environmental Innovation an… 179 19.89
42 Lawhon M & Murphy J 2012 Socio-technical regimes and sustainability transitions: Insights from political ecology Progress in Human Geography 177 22.12
43 Van Den Bergh J et al. 2011 Environmental innovation and societal transitions: Introduction and overview Environmental Innovation an… 169 18.78
44 Stirling A 2014 Transforming power: Social science and the politics of energy choices Energy Research and Social … 167 27.83
45 Hargreaves T et al. 2013 Grassroots innovations in community energy: The role of intermediaries in niche development Global Environmental Change 161 23.00
46 Hansen T & Coenen L 2015 The geography of sustainability transitions: Review, synthesis and reflections on an emergent research field Environmental Innovation an… 144 28.80
47 Geels F et al. 2016 The enactment of socio-technical transition pathways: A reformulated typology and a comparative multi-level analysis of the German and UK low-carbon electricity transitions (1990-2014) Research Policy 132 33.00
48 Sovacool B 2016 How long will it take? Conceptualizing the temporal dynamics of energy transitions Energy Research and Social … 129 32.25
49 Kivimaa P & Kern F 2016 Creative destruction or mere niche support? Innovation policy mixes for sustainability transitions Research Policy 114 28.50
50 Turnheim B et al. 2015 Evaluating sustainability transitions pathways: Bridging analytical approaches to address governance challenges Global Environmental Change 95 19.00

Generally, 52 x 500 = 56.000 documents downloaded. However, due to an overlap of publications with most shared references to seed papers, final corpus is smaller. Further, number of adittional references per seed added decline. Yet, increase in non-overlapping references indicates the corpus is not saturated yet.

1.2 Publications

Note: The following tables refer to the documents in the main corpus.

1.2.1 Top appearing authors, journals, institutions, countries, keywords

Generally, dgr refers to the degree, n to the number of publications. Subscript .f indicates the number is fractionalized (divided by the number of elements per publication)

Authors
Journals
Institutions
countries
Keywords
AU n.f SO n C n.f C_CN n.f DE n
Geels F 33 Energy Policy 441 University of Sussex 154 United Kingdom 2273 innovation 717
Bulkeley H 21 Research Policy 349 Delft University of Technology 138 United States 2254 sustainability 376
Smith A 21 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 305 Wageningen University and Research Centre 133 Netherlands 1283 climate change 372
Nelson R 20 Journal of Cleaner Production 216 Lunds Universitet 133 Germany 639 governance 307
Leydesdorff L 17 Ecology and Society 164 Erasmus University Rotterdam 125 Sweden 636 sustainable development 220
Stirling A 17 Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 153 University of Manchester 114 Australia 522 renewable energy 178
Shove E 16 European Planning Studies 144 Utrecht University 112 Canada 490 resilience 150
Cooke P 16 Sustainability (Switzerland) 144 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 97 Italy 410 institutions 144
Funk J 16 Energy Research and Social Science 134 Aalborg Universitet 92 Denmark 308 entrepreneurship 132
Meadowcroft J 16 Industrial and Corporate Change 119 Cardiff University 90 France 306 transition 132
Korhonen J 16 Ecological Economics 118 University of East Anglia 88 Norway 294 learning 130
Hekkert M 15 Environmental Innovation and Societal Tran… 116 Lancaster University 87 Finland 260 technology 130
Raven R 14 Environment and Planning A 114 University of Cambridge 83 Spain 247 innovation policy 121
Kemp R 14 Regional Studies 112 University of Amsterdam 82 Austria 192 complexity 120
Boschma R 14 Global Environmental Change 108 UCL 80 Switzerland 179 china 119
Foxon T 14 Science and Public Policy 101 University of Edinburgh 74 China 159 transition management 119
Brown R 14 Technovation 96 Universitetet i Oslo 73 Japan 140 technological change 118
Sovacool B 13 Geoforum 91 Linköpings universitet 73 Belgium 138 energy 109
Jacobsson S 12 Environment and Planning C: Government and… 88 Arizona State University 73 South Korea 125 policy 106
Malerba F 12 Futures 80 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 73 Taiwan 98 political ecology 106

1.3 References cited

Note: The following tables refer to the cited references within the corpus. Number of citation always refers to the citations recieved by the documents in the main corpus.

## Number of unique references cited by the final corpus:  26202  (after removing references cited less than 2 times)

1.3.1 Most cited references, authors, journals

Authors
Journals
References
AU TC.f n.f TC_n SO TC n TC_n SR TC
Geels F 4236 48 72 Research Policy 16865 564 30 Winter S (1982) An Evolutionary Theory… 1686
Nelson R 2618 79 32 Energy Policy 8726 581 15 Lundvall B (1993) National Systems of In… 1102
Winter S 2461 39 48 Strategic Management Journal 4976 314 16 Geels F (2002) Research Policy 928
Lundvall B 2350 46 44 NA 4899 536 9 Dosi G (1982) Research Policy 897
Dosi G 1919 37 33 Administrative Science Quarterly 4572 213 21 Nelson R (1993) National Innovation Sy… 714
Freeman C 1875 42 49 Regional Studies 3388 208 16 Schumpeter J (1934) Theory of Economic Dev… 707
Kemp R 1872 43 47 Organization Science 3377 212 16 Geels F & Schot J (2007) Research Policy 688
Latour B 1736 47 36 Academy of Management Review 3182 181 18 Kemp R et al. (1998) Technology Analysis an… 650
Porter M 1700 36 40 Industrial and Corporate Change 3120 180 17 Yin R (1984) Case Study Research: D… 624
Schumpeter J 1695 21 81 Environment and Planning A 2692 197 14 Rip A & Kemp R (1998) In: Rayner, S., Malone… 613
Shove E 1610 38 39 American Economic Review 2620 113 23 Rogers E (1996) The Diffusion of Innov… 586
Smith A 1562 38 43 Ecology and Society 2473 140 18 Arthur B (1989) Economics Journal 583
Schot J 1373 20 74 Global Environmental Change 2420 146 17 Cohen W & Levinthal D (1990) Admin. Sci. Quart. 580
Rosenberg N 1359 36 36 Technological Forecasting and So… 2361 109 22 Porter M (1990) The Competitive Advant… 544
Ostrom E 1249 37 29 Progress in Human Geography 2182 121 18 Freeman C (1987) Technology Policy and … 543
Giddens A 1239 19 64 Journal of Economic Geography 2168 100 22 Rotmans J et al. (2001) Foresight 542
Edquist C 1206 22 44 Academy of Management Journal 2021 162 12 David P (1985) American Economic Review 534
Cooke P 1194 52 28 Futures 1915 104 18 Schumpeter J (1934) Capitalism, Socialism,… 533
Hughes T 1164 17 64 Management Science 1892 127 15 Henderson R & Clark K (1990) Administrative Science… 503
David P 1102 34 29 Ecological Economics 1851 137 14 Smith A et al. (2005) Research Policy 502

2 Topic modelling

I by now created some topic modelling. The results are somewhat preliminary, but already worth taking a look at. We ran a LDA on the titles + abstracts of our corpus, aiming at identifying 10 topics (some different numbers of topics to generate shows that 10 result in good results, more topics lead to too much overlap between them)

2.1 Topics by topwords

2.2 LDAViz

Here you find a nice way of exploring topics via the LDAVIz tool. It dispolays all topics in a 2 dimensional PCA, and also gives a nice visual representation over the topics top-word distribution and overall frequencies of this words in the corpus. The \(\lambda\) parameter regulates the importance-ordering of the topwords. High \(\lambda\) order words by the highest propability to appear in the topic to the lowest (independent of the overall word popularity in the corpus), whle low \(\lambda\) emphasize words which are very specific to the topic, and rarely appear in others.

Play a bit around. It’s a bit condensed here in the small view, but you can also load it HERE in fullscreen for a better overview.

2.3 Topics over time

3 Knowledge Bases: Co-Citation network analysis

Note: This analysis refers the co-citation analysis, where the cited references and not the original publications are the unit of analysis. Here, the strength of the relationship between a reference pair \(m\) and \(n\) (\(s_{m,n}^{coc}\)) is expressed by the number of publications \(C\) which are jointly citing reference \(m\) and \(n\).

\[s_{m,n}^{coc} = \sum_i c_{i,m} c_{i,n}\]

The intuition here is that references which are frequently cited together are likely to share commonalities in theory, topic, methodology, or context. It can be interpreted as a measure of similarity as evaluated by other researchers that decide to jointly cite both references. Because the publication process is time-consuming, co-citation is a backward-looking measure, which is appropriate to map the relationship between core literature of a field.

3.1 Identified knowledge Bases

In order to partition networks into components or clusters, we deploy a community detection technique based on the Lovain Algorithm (Blondel et al., 2008). The Lovain Algorithm is a heuristic method that attempts to optimize the modularity of communities within a network by maximizing within- and minimizing between-community connectivity.

We identify the following communities = knowledge bases

It is not the main focus of this exercise, but still informative to see which historical knowledge the fields draws from.

We identify 4 communities of avrying size (note: I just gave it some ad-hoc names to work with for now. Should be revised). We on first glance see that all share a somewhat similar internal density (meaning the references in the corresponding community are stronger connected with each others), except of community 3, which is more densely connected.

3.2 Most central references, authors, journals per knowledge base

Lets do a first attempt to categorize them:

Authors
Journals
References
AU dgr.f SO dgr SR dgr
Community 1
Winter S 105 Research Policy 155 Winter S (1982) An Evolutionary Theory… 65
Tushman M 66 Strategic Management Journal 127 Dosi G (1982) Research Policy 34
Dosi G 64 Administrative Science Quarterly 123 Henderson R & Clark K (1990) Administrative Science… 29
Utterback J 62 An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change 65 Tushman M & Anderson P (1986) Administrative Science… 28
Clark K 53 Organization Science 56 Schumpeter J (1934) Theory of Economic Dev… 25
March J 52 Industrial and Corporate Change 46 Cohen W & Levinthal D (1990) Admin. Sci. Quart. 22
Schumpeter J 52 American Economic Review 44 Utterback J (1994) Mastering the Dynamics… 20
Levinthal D 52 Academy of Management Review 34 Schumpeter J (1934) Capitalism, Socialism,… 19
Nelson R 47 Management Science 32 Abernathy W & Utterback J (1978) Technology Review 19
Anderson P 47 Admin. Sci. Quart. 25 Arthur B (1989) Economics Journal 18
Community 2
Lundvall B 74 Regional Studies 101 Lundvall B (1993) National Systems of In… 33
Boschma R 73 Research Policy 86 Porter M (1990) The Competitive Advant… 22
Maskell P 62 Journal of Economic Geography 84 Bathelt H et al. (2004) Progress in Human Geog… 21
Cooke P 61 Economic Geography 45 Nelson R (1993) National Innovation Sy… 19
Malmberg A 56 Progress in Human Geography 43 Freeman C (1987) Technology Policy and … 17
Asheim B 52 National Systems of Innovation. 33 Boschma R (2005) Regional Studies 17
Storper M 41 European Planning Studies 32 Saxenian A (1996) Regional Advantage: Cu… 16
Martin R 40 Cambridge Journal of Economics 28 Storper M (1997) The Regional World 14
Gertler M 37 Industrial and Corporate Change 26 Marshall A (1920) Principles of Economic… 14
Freeman C 35 The Oxford Handbook of Innovation 24 Asheim B & Gertler M (2005) The Oxford Handbook of… 12
Community 3
Geels F 159 Research Policy 183 Geels F (2002) Research Policy 30
Kemp R 102 Energy Policy 118 Geels F & Schot J (2007) Research Policy 23
Schot J 92 Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 43 Kemp R et al. (1998) Technology Analysis an… 22
Smith A 77 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 41 Rip A & Kemp R (1998) In: Rayner, S., Malone… 19
Rotmans J 57 Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 33 Smith A et al. (2005) Research Policy 18
Truffer B 51 Futures 21 Rotmans J et al. (2001) Foresight 17
Raven R 50 In: Rayner, S., Malone, E.L. (Eds), Human … 19 Geels F (2004) Research Policy 15
Jacobsson S 44 Foresight 18 Unruh G (2000) Energy Policy 15
Loorbach D 39 Environmental Innovation and Societal Tran… 17 Hekkert M et al. (2007) Technological Forecast… 12
Hoogma R 38 Policy Sciences 16 Shove E & Walker G (2007) Environment and Planni… 10
Community 4
Howlett M 17 Public Administration Review 11 Kingdon J (1995) Agendas, Alternatives … 8
Fischer F 16 NA 10 Hajer M (1995) The Politics of Enviro… 6
Rhodes R 14 Public Administration 9 Kickert W et al. (1997) Managing Complex Netwo… 4
Sabatier P 12 Journal of Public Policy 9 Fischer F (2003) Reframing Public Polic… 4
Ingram H 12 Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies 8 Fischer F & Forester J (1993) The Argumentative Turn… 4
Schneider A 12 Policy Sciences 7 Schneider A & Ingram H (1997) Policy Design for Demo… 4
Dryzek J 11 American Political Science Review 7 Sabatier P & Jenkins-Smith H (1993) Policy Change and Lear… 4
Hajer M 11 Political Studies 6 Schon D & Rein M (1994) Frame Reflection: Towa… 4
Lindblom C 10 The Politics of Environmental Discourse 6 Rhodes R (2001) Understanding Governan… 4
Klijn E 10 Journal of Public Administration Research … 6 Koppenjan J & Klijn H (2004) Managing Uncertainties… 4
Community 5
Shove E 44 Journal of Consumer Culture 23 Reckwitz A (2002) European Journal of So… 13
Schatzki T 23 European Journal of Social Theory 14 Shove E (2003) Comfort, Cleanliness a… 10
Latour B 23 Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience: The … 10 Warde A (2005) Journal of Consumer Cu… 9
Reckwitz A 15 Environment and Planning A 8 Schatzki T (1996) Social Practices: A Wi… 7
Bijker W 14 Social Practices: A Wittgensteinian approa… 7 Schatzki T (2002) The Site of the Social… 6
Pantzar M 13 The Social Construction of Technological S… 7 Shove E et al. (2012) The Dynamics of Social… 6
Warde A 13 The Site of the Social: A philosophical ac… 6 Giddens A (1984) The Constitution of So… 6
Giddens A 11 The Practice Turn in Contemporary Theory 6 Shove E (2010) Environment and Planni… 6
Pinch T 11 Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studi… 6 Shove E & Pantzar M (2005) Journal of Consumer Cu… 5
Bourdieu P 10 The Dynamics of Social Practice: Everyday … 6 Bourdieu P (1977) Outline of a Theory of… 5
Community 6
Folke C 75 Ecology and Society 56 Folke C et al. (2005) Annual Review of Envir… 10
Holling C 45 Global Environmental Change 26 Gunderson L & Holling C (2002) Panarchy: Understandin… 8
Olsson P 36 Science 19 Olsson P et al. (2006) Ecology and Society 7
Carpenter S 35 Annual Review of Environment and Resources 14 Folke C (2006) Global Environmental C… 6
Ostrom E 33 Nature 8 Walker B et al. (2004) Ecology and Society 6
Walker B 33 Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in… 8 Holling C (1973) Annual Review of Ecolo… 6
Gunderson L 26 Ecosystems 7 Berkes F et al. (2003) Navigating Nature’s Dy… 5
Berkes F 24 Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 7 Ostrom E (2009) Science 5
Hahn T 16 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 5 Ostrom E (1990) Governing the Commons:… 4
Adger W 14 Navigating Nature’s Dynamics: Building Res… 5 Ostrom E (2007) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 4
Community 7
Bulkeley H 31 Progress in Human Geography 14 Robbins P (2004) Political Ecology: A C… 5
Betsill M 17 NA 10 Raymond B & Bailey S (1997) Third World Political … 5
Swyngedouw E 16 Geoforum 9 Forsyth T (2003) Critical Political Eco… 4
Blaikie P 10 Antipode 9 Blaikie P & Brookfield H (1987) Land Degradation and S… 4
Robbins P 10 Environment and Planning A 8 Blaikie P (1985) The Political Economy … 3
Watts M 8 Local Environ 6 Swyngedouw E & Heynen N (2003) Antipode 3
Heynen N 6 Annals of the Association of American Geog… 6 Betsill M & Bulkeley H (2008) Local Environment 3
Harvey D 6 Global Environmental Politics 6 Peet R & Watts M (2004) Liberation Ecologies: … 3
Forsyth T 5 Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction 5 Bulkeley H & Betsill M (2003) Cities and Climate Cha… 3
Bakker K 5 Political Geography 5 Bulkeley H (2005) Polit. Geogr 3
Community 8
Shane S 30 Academy of Management Review 30 Shane S & Venkataraman S (2000) Academy of Management … 12
Venkataraman S 23 Journal of Business Venturing 29 Shane S (2000) Organization Science 9
Kirzner I 17 Academy of Management Journal 21 Venkataraman S (1997) Advances in Entreprene… 8
Aldrich H 16 Administrative Science Quarterly 15 Kirzner I (1973) Competition and Entrep… 7
Gartner W 14 Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 13 DiMaggio P & Powell W (1983) American Sociological … 6
DiMaggio P 12 Organization Science 12 Kirzner I (1997) Journal of Economic Li… 6
Davidsson P 10 Academy of Management Review. 12 Knight F (1921) Risk, Uncertainty and … 6
Lawrence T 9 American Sociological Review 10 Aldrich H & Fiol C (1994) Academy of Management … 5
Powell W 9 Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergen… 9 Scott W (1995) Institutions and Organ… 4
Sarasvathy S 9 American Journal of Sociology 9 Aldrich H (1999) Organizations Evolving 4
Community 9
Jaffe A 17 Journal of Environmental Economics and Man… 13 Jaffe A & Palmer K (1997) Review of Economics an… 4
Popp D 13 Ecological Economics 10 Porter M & Van Der Linde C (1995) Journal of Economic Pe… 4
Newell R 12 Energy Policy 6 Lanjouw J & Mody A (1996) Research Policy 3
Stavins R 12 Environmental and Resource Economics 6 Popp D (2002) American Economic Review 3
Rennings K 7 Research Policy 5 Newell R et al. (1999) Quarterly Journal of E… 3
Porter M 5 Journal of Economic Perspectives 5 Brunnermier S & Cohen M (2003) Journal of Environment… 3
Palmer K 5 American Economic Review 4 Rennings K (2000) Ecological Economics 3
Kemp R 4 Resource and Energy Economics 4 Jaffe A et al. (2002) Environmental and Reso… 3
Nordhaus W 4 Review of Economics and Statistics 4 Millman S & Prince R (1989) Journal of Environment… 2
Goulder L 4 Energy Economics 4 Johnstone N et al. (2010) Environmental and Reso… 2

3.3 Development over time

We see number of citations towards the STS knowledge base to sharply increase post-2000. Interestingly, citations to the evolutionary economics and industry-dynamics related knowledge base to completely vanish.

4 Research Areas: Bibliographic coupling analysis

This is arguably the most interesting part. Here, we identify the literature’s current knowledge frontier by carrying out a bibliographic coupling analysis of the publications in our corpus. This measure uses bibliographical information of publications to establish a similarity relationship between them. This **coupling-strength} between publications is determined by the number of commonly cited references they share, assuming a common pool of references to indicate similarity in context, methods, or theory. Formally, the strength of the relationship between a publication pair \(i\) and \(j\) (\(s_{i,j}^{bib}\)) is expressed by the number of commonly cited references.

\[ s_{i,j}^{bib} = \sum_m c_{i,m} c_{j,m} \]

Since our corpus contains publications which differ strongly in terms of the number of cited references, we normalize the coupling strength by the Jaccard similarity coefficient. Here, we weight the intercept of two publications’ bibliography (shared refeences) by their union (number of all references cited by either \(i\) or \(j\)). It is bounded between zero and one, where one indicates the two publications to have an identical bibliography, and zero that they do not share any cited reference. Thereby, we prevent publications from having high coupling strength due to a large bibliography (e.g., literature surveys).

\[ S_{i,j}^{jac-bib} =\frac{C(i \cap j)}{C(i \cup j)} = \frac{s_{i,j}^{bib}}{c_i + c_j - s_{i,j}^{bib}} \]

More recent articles have a higher pool of possible references to co-cite to, hence they are more likely to be coupled. Consequently, bibliographic coupling represents a forward looking measure, and the method of choice to identify the current knowledge frontier at the point of analysis.

4.1 Identified research areas

To identify communities in the field’s knowledge frontier (labeled research areas) we again use the Lovain Algorithm (Blondel et al., 2008). We identify the following communities = research areas

We on first glance see that RA 1&2 are substantially larger than the rest.

4.2 Characterizing the research areas

Now its time to describe them. In the following, I provide some statistics statistics per community which I find helpful to do so:

4.2.1 Most central journals, authors, institutions

Authors
Journals
Institutions
Keywords
Most cited References
AU dgr.f SO dgr C dgr.f DE dgr CR n
Community 1
Leydesdorff L 1201 Research Policy 7781 University of Sussex 1846 innovation 9268 Nelson R & Winter S (1982) An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change 677
Malerba F 1104 Industrial and Corporate Change 2936 Università Bocconi 1516 technological change 1802 Dosi G (1982) Research Policy 361
Nelson R 1080 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2920 University of Manchester 1489 technology 1461 Cohen W & Levinthal D (1990) Administrative Science Quarterly 245
Fagerberg J 549 Technovation 2616 University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School 1421 innovation policy 1409 Henderson R & Clark K (1990) Administrative Science Quarterly 233
Dosi G 539 Journal of Evolutionary Economics 1471 Utrecht University 1394 evolutionary economics 1252 Tushman M & Anderson P (1986) Administrative Science Quarterly 213
Verspagen B 498 Strategic Management Journal 1351 Lunds Universitet 1365 innovation systems 1249 Lundvall B (1992) National Systems of Innovation: Towards a … 186
Lundvall B 457 Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 1278 Aalborg Universitet 1223 entrepreneurship 1148 Dosi G (1988) Journal of Economic Literature 185
Funk J 453 Organization Science 1247 Columbia University in the City of New York 1093 learning 1092 Pavitt K (1984) Research Policy 171
Winter S 437 Energy Policy 1154 Alliance Manchester Business School 1007 patents 1057 Teece D et al. (1997) Strategic Management Journal 169
Frenken K 407 Industry and Innovation 1048 Harvard Business School 967 innovation system 1043 Abernathy W & Utterback J (1978) Technology Review 167
Community 2
Geels F 1920 Energy Policy 4069 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 3137 sustainability 2779 Geels F (2002) Research Policy 334
Raven R 1507 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 3552 University of Sussex 2757 multi-level perspective 2350 Unruh G (2000) Energy Policy 264
Smith A 1198 Research Policy 2439 Utrecht University 1632 transition management 2197 Rotmans J et al. (2001) Foresight 262
Truffer B 1031 Environmental Innovation and Societal Tran… 2363 Delft University of Technology 1551 transitions 2194 Geels F & Schot J (2007) Research Policy 250
Hekkert M 976 Journal of Cleaner Production 2142 Erasmus University Rotterdam 1455 transition 2140 Smith A et al. (2005) Research Policy 194
Kemp R 735 Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 1851 Wageningen University and Research Centre 1397 innovation 2129 Rip A & Kemp R (1998) Human Choice and Climate Change 188
Foxon T 693 Energy Research and Social Science 968 Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science… 1210 sustainability transitions 1943 Kemp R et al. (1998) Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 179
Markard J 656 Global Environmental Change 784 University of East Anglia 1061 strategic niche management 1719 Geels F (2004) Research Policy 172
Brown R 584 Futures 729 University of Leeds 925 renewable energy 1386 Geels F (2002) Res. Policy 157
Kern F 561 Environment and Planning A 648 Lunds Universitet 922 governance 1350 Geels F (2005) Technological Transitions and System Innov… 127
Community 3
Folke C 173 Ecology and Society 1280 Wageningen University and Research Centre 478 governance 924 Folke C et al. (2005) Annual Review of Environment and Resources 91
Klijn E 172 Global Environmental Change 376 Stockholms universitet 445 resilience 911 Ostrom E (2009) Science 82
Pahl-Wostl C 165 Geoforum 322 Erasmus University Rotterdam 391 climate change 578 Blaikie P & Brookfield H (1987) Land Degradation and Society 70
Edelenbos J 137 Journal of Cleaner Production 189 Arizona State University 334 political ecology 558 Olsson P et al. (2006) Ecology and Society 70
Korhonen J 128 Policy Sciences 185 Delft University of Technology 326 sustainability 548 Walker B et al. (2004) Ecology and Society 70
Olsson P 122 Environmental Science and Policy 184 University of East Anglia 324 social-ecological systems 421 Gunderson L & Holling C (2002) Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in… 69
Torfing J 107 Progress in Human Geography 173 University of Amsterdam 218 adaptive management 416 Folke C (2006) Global Environmental Change 68
Gunderson L 94 Environment and Planning A 168 Indiana University 198 adaptive governance 398 Bryant R & Bailey S (1997) Third World Political Ecology 66
Termeer C 91 Public Administration 159 Universität Osnabrück 197 complexity 393 Rittel H & Webber M (1973) Policy Sciences 59
Carpenter S 90 Ecological Economics 158 University of Queensland 173 sustainable development 330 Dietz T et al. (2003) Science 58
Community 4
Boschma R 366 European Planning Studies 1044 Lunds Universitet 1018 innovation 670 Bathelt H et al. (2004) Progress in Human Geography 176
Asheim B 318 Regional Studies 995 Utrecht University 415 clusters 637 Boschma R (2005) Regional Studies 136
Coenen L 286 Journal of Economic Geography 583 University of Toronto 365 proximity 390 Porter M (1990) The Competitive Advantage of Nations 117
Todtling F 230 Environment and Planning A 354 University of Agder 276 evolutionary economic geography 309 Morgan K (1997) Regional Studies 101
Grillitsch M 217 Economic Geography 320 Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien 269 regional development 303 Maskell P & Malmberg A (1999) Cambridge Journal of Economics 96
Isaksen A 213 Progress in Human Geography 304 The Urban and Regional Research Centre Utr… 214 regional innovation systems 282 Gertler M (2003) Journal of Economic Geography 95
Moodysson J 194 Research Policy 295 London School of Economics and Political S… 205 institutions 268 Storper M (1997) The Regional World: Territorial Developmen… 94
Trippl M 192 European Urban and Regional Studies 249 University of Glasgow 168 networks 259 Frenken K et al. (2007) Regional Studies 92
Martin R 186 Industry and Innovation 238 Uppsala Universitet 167 knowledge 253 Saxenian A (1994) Regional Advantage: Culture and Competitio… 92
Hassink R 177 Environment and Planning C: Government and… 192 University of Cambridge 164 path dependence 250 Granovetter M (1985) American Journal of Sociology 86
Community 5
Shove E 350 Journal of Consumer Culture 470 RMIT University 495 practice theory 1041 Reckwitz A (2002) European Journal of Social Theory 175
Strengers Y 297 Energy Research and Social Science 401 Lancaster University 494 sustainable consumption 717 Warde A (2005) Journal of Consumer Culture 136
Maller C 260 Energy Policy 363 University of Manchester 476 social practices 476 Shove E (2003) Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience: The … 97
Gram-Hanssen K 206 Building Research and Information 260 Aalborg Universitet 365 social practice theory 420 Schatzki T (1996) Social Practices: A Wittgensteinian Approa… 86
Halkier B 166 Journal of Cleaner Production 213 University of East Anglia 261 consumption 400 Shove E & Pantzar M (2005) Journal of Consumer Culture 86
Spaargaren G 141 Environment and Planning A 152 UCL 215 practice 336 Shove E (2010) Environment and Planning A 68
Ropke I 140 Sustainable Practices: Social Theory and C… 139 University of Sheffield 203 social practice 331 Giddens A (1984) The Constitution of Society 57
Watson M 128 Global Environmental Change 131 Wageningen University and Research Centre 198 sustainability 311 Schatzki T (2002) The Site of the Social: A Philosophical Ac… 52
Hargreaves T 123 ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interac… 121 Roskilde University 169 everyday life 287 Shove E et al. (2012) The Dynamics of Social Practice: Everyday … 44
Warde A 121 International Journal of Consumer Studies 121 University of Durham 142 practices 278 Stern P (2000) Journal of Social Issues 44
Community 6
Popp D 100 Climatic Change 226 Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung 137 climate change 253 Wigley T et al. (1996) Nature 48
Riahi K 84 Energy Economics 173 International Institute for Applied System… 127 environmental policy 168 Milliman S & Prince R (1989) Journal of Environmental Economics and Man… 32
Kriegler E 70 Ecological Economics 153 National Bureau of Economic Research 108 innovation 125 Nordhaus W (1994) Managing the Global Commons: The Economics… 31
Mendelsohn R 67 Energy Policy 102 Stanford University 108 climate policy 118 Lanjouw J & Mody A (1996) Research Policy 30
Schlesinger M 60 Environmental and Resource Economics 83 Syracuse University 78 r&d 95 Brunnermeier S & Cohen M (2003) Journal of Environmental Economics and Man… 28
Edmonds J 59 Journal of Environmental Economics and Man… 79 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 73 technological change 83 Goulder L & Schneider S (1999) Resource and Energy Economics 27
van Vuuren D 54 Resource and Energy Economics 71 PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment A… 68 patents 79 Schneider S & Goulder L (1997) Nature 27
Jacoby H 45 Research Policy 60 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 67 induced innovation 73 Cline W (1992) The Economics of Global Warming 25
Johnstone N 43 Nature 59 Carnegie Mellon University 67 environmental innovation 70 Goulder L & Mathai K (2000) Journal of Environmental Economics and Man… 25
Tavoni M 43 Environmental Modeling and Assessment 51 Utrecht University 65 energy efficiency 60 Jaffe A & Palmer K (1997) Review of Economics and Statistics 24
Community 7
Davidsson P 92 Journal of Business Venturing 276 Jönköping International Business School 114 entrepreneurship 429 Shane S & Venkataraman S (2000) Academy of Management Review 111
Wiklund J 55 Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice 197 University of Virginia 66 innovation 121 Shane S (2000) Organization Science 83
Shane S 44 Organization Studies 162 Handelshøjskolen, Aarhus Universitet 63 institutional theory 119 Venkataraman S (1997) Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergen… 70
Korsgaard S 42 Small Business Economics 111 University of Colorado at Boulder 63 entrepreneurialism 107 Kirzner I (1997) Journal of Economic Literature 63
Fiet J 41 Journal of Management Studies 85 Imperial College London 59 opportunity recognition 106 DiMaggio P & Powell W (1983) American Sociological Review 52
Sarasvathy S 41 Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 81 The University of Warwick 54 institutional entrepreneurship 84 Kirzner I (1973) Competition and Entrepreneurship 49
Venkataraman S 35 Academy of Management Review 66 Indiana University 51 opportunities 82 Meyer J & Rowan B (1977) American Journal of Sociology 46
Harmeling S 35 Organization Science 56 University of Alberta 49 entrepreneurial opportunity 78 Aldrich H (1999) Organizations Evolving 45
Alvarez S 34 Journal of Small Business Management 40 Queensland University of Technology QUT 48 social entrepreneurship 73 Eisenhardt K (1989) Academy of Management Review 45
Sine W 31 Academy of Management Journal 38 University of Louisville 41 institutional change 70 Sarasvathy S (2001) Academy of Management Review 45

Ok, my very condensed interpretation:

  • com1: IS, National & sectoral, evolutionary economics, industrial dynamics
  • com2: The core of sustainability transitions. Results very similar to the corresponding community in Rakas & Hain (2018)
  • com3: Climate change adaption, resilience, governance (not an expert in this literature)
  • com4: Sustainable consumption, more behavorial, sociology
  • com5: Real enviromental science
  • com6: Product-Service systems (interesting concept, honestly never heard of till now)

One small sidenote: There is no real economics community to be found.

4.2.2 Most central publications per research area

Brief reminder: Centrality in a bibliographic coupling network == representativeness != importance

Therefore, the central articles should be appropriate to characterize the kind of work done in the community, but are not necessarily the most important or influencial ones.

AU PY TI SO dgr
Community 1
Fagerberg J & Sapprasert K 2011 National innovation systems: The emergence of a new approach Science and Public Policy 97.443
Malerba F & Mani S 2009 Sectoral systems of innovation and production in developing countries: An introduction Sectoral Systems of Innovation and Product… 96.228
Lee J & Park C 2006 Research and development linkages in a national innovation system: Factors affecting success and failure in Korea Technovation 82.411
Hall J & Kerr R 2003 Innovation dynamics and environmental technologies: The emergence of fuel cell technology Journal of Cleaner Production 79.390
Wu X et al. 2009 Accelerating secondary innovation through organizational learning: A case study and theoretical analysis Industry and Innovation 78.948
Levitas E et al. 2006 Survival and the introduction of new technology: A patent analysis in the integrated circuit industry Journal of Engineering and Technology Mana… 77.866
Malerba F 2004 Sectoral systems of innovation: Basic concepts Sectoral Systems of Innovation: Concepts, … 77.712
Midttun A 2007 Corporate responsibility from a resource and knowledge perspective Towards a dynamic reinterpretation of C(S)R: Are corporate responsibility and in… Corporate Governance 77.650
Malerba F & Nelson R 2011 Learning and catching up in different sectoral systems: Evidence from six industries Industrial and Corporate Change 76.518
Laursen K & Salter A 2006 Open for innovation: The role of openness in explaining innovation performance among U.K. manufacturing firms Strategic Management Journal 76.441
Community 2
Genus A & Coles A 2008 Rethinking the multi-level perspective of technological transitions Research Policy 77.575
Geels F 2005 Processes and patterns in transitions and system innovations: Refining the co-evolutionary multi-level perspective Technological Forecasting and Social Change 77.517
Meelen T & Farla J 2013 Towards an integrated framework for analysing sustainable innovation policy Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 76.888
Ingram J et al. 2015 Interactions between Niche and Regime: An Analysis of Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture across Europe Journal of Agricultural Education and Exte… 73.001
Markard J & Truffer B 2008 Technological innovation systems and the multi-level perspective: Towards an integrated framework Research Policy 72.850
Ingram J 2015 Framing niche-regime linkage as adaptation: An analysis of learning and innovation networks for sustainable agriculture across Europe Journal of Rural Studies 72.004
Mazur C et al. 2015 Assessing and comparing German and UK transition policies for electric mobility Environmental Innovation and Societal Tran… 71.600
Fuenfschilling L & Truffer B 2014 The structuration of socio-technical regimes - Conceptual foundations from institutional theory Research Policy 70.645
Murphy J & Smith A 2013 Understanding transition-periphery dynamics: Renewable energy in the highlands and Islands of Scotland Environment and Planning A 70.561
Lachman D 2013 A survey and review of approaches to study transitions Energy Policy 70.555
Community 3
Lauer M et al. 2013 Globalization, Pacific Islands, and the paradox of resilience Global Environmental Change 25.143
Mitchell M et al. 2014 Applying Resilience Thinking to Natural Resource Management through a "“Planning-By-Doing”" Framework Society and Natural Resources 23.101
Goldstein B 2009 Resilience to surprises through communicative planning Ecology and Society 22.752
Chaffin B et al. 2014 A decade of adaptive governance scholarship: Synthesis and future directions Ecology and Society 22.201
Gerlak A 2014 Policy interactions in human-landscape systems Environmental Management 22.015
Gunderson L et al. 2006 Water RATs (resilience, adaptability, and transformability) in lake and wetland social-ecological systems Ecology and Society 21.950
Termeer C et al. 2010 Disentangling scale approaches in governance research: Comparing monocentric, multilevel, and adaptive governance Ecology and Society 21.915
Soane I et al. 2012 Exploring panarchy in alpine Grasslands: An application of adaptive cycle concepts to the conservation of a cultural landscape Ecology and Society 20.924
Mendez P et al. 2012 Facilitating transitional processes in rigid institutional regimes for water management and wetland conservation: Experience from the Guadalquivir … Ecology and Society 20.337
Hayward G et al. 2007 Research article: Social learning outcomes in the Red River Floodway environmental assessment Environmental Practice 19.471
Community 4
Lazzeretti L et al. 2014 Founders and disseminators of cluster research Journal of Economic Geography 29.700
Giuliani E 2007 The selective nature of knowledge networks in clusters: Evidence from the wine industry Journal of Economic Geography 29.664
Fitjar R & Rodriguez-Pose A 2013 Firm collaboration and modes of innovation in Norway Research Policy 29.584
Boschma R & Frenken K 2012 Technological relatedness and regional branching Beyond Territory: Dynamic Geographies of K… 27.309
Martin R 2012 Measuring Knowledge Bases in Swedish Regions European Planning Studies 26.828
Martin R & Moodysson J 2011 Innovation in symbolic industries: The geography and organization of knowledge sourcing European Planning Studies 26.741
Eriksson R 2011 Localized Spillovers and Knowledge Flows: How Does Proximity Influence the Performance of Plants? Economic Geography 26.608
Trippl M et al. 2015 Perspectives on Cluster Evolution: Critical Review and Future Research Issues European Planning Studies 26.280
Visser E 2009 The complementary dynamic effects of clusters and networks Industry and Innovation 25.925
Cruz S & Teixeira A 2010 The evolution of the cluster literature: Shedding light on the regional studies-regional science debate Regional Studies 25.868
Community 5
Gram-Hanssen K 2011 Understanding change and continuity in residential energy consumption Journal of Consumer Culture 40.009
Shove E & Spurling N 2013 Sustainable practices: Social theory and climate change Sustainable Practices: Social Theory and C… 37.179
Hargreaves T 2011 Practice-ing behaviour change: Applying social practice theory to pro-environmental behaviour change Journal of Consumer Culture 35.218
Foulds C et al. 2013 Investigating the performance of everyday domestic practices using building monitoring Building Research and Information 34.956
Maller C 2015 Understanding health through social practices: Performance and materiality in everyday life Sociology of Health and Illness 34.762
Mylan J 2015 Understanding the diffusion of Sustainable Product-Service Systems: Insights from the sociology of consumption and practice theory Journal of Cleaner Production 34.170
Gram-Hanssen K 2010 Residential heat comfort practices: Understanding users Building Research and Information 33.673
Jaeger-Erben M & Offenberger U 2014 A practice theory approach to sustainable consumption GAIA 33.605
Bartiaux F et al. 2014 A practice-theory approach to homeowners’ energy retrofits in four European areas Building Research and Information 33.474
Seo Y & Jung S 2016 Beyond solitary play in computer games: The social practices of eSports Journal of Consumer Culture 32.398
Community 6
Manne A & Richels R 2004 The impact of learning-by-doing on the timing and costs of CO2 abatement Energy Economics 18.167
Leiby P & Rubin J 2001 Intertemporal permit trading for the control of greenhouse gas emissions Environmental and Resource Economics 17.552
Parson E & Keith D 1998 Fossil fuels without CO2 emissions Science 17.410
Dowlatabadi H 1998 Sensitivity of climate change mitigation estimates to assumptions about technical change Energy Economics 17.135
Ambrosi P et al. 2003 Optimal control models and elicitation of attitudes towards climate damages Environmental Modeling and Assessment 16.660
Kemfert C 2005 Induced technological change in a multi-regional, multi-sectoral, integrated assessment model (WIAGEM): Impact assessment of climate policy strategies Ecological Economics 16.043
Mendelsohn R et al. 2000 Country-specific market impacts of climate change Climatic Change 15.853
Reilly J et al. 2001 Climate change: Uncertainty and climate change assessments Science 15.469
Valverde A Jr et al. 1999 Sequential climate decisions under uncertainty: An integrated framework Environmental Modeling and Assessment 15.447
Manne A & Richels R 2001 An alternative approach to establishing trade-offs among greenhouse gases Nature 15.264
Renko M et al. 2012 Perception of entrepreneurial opportunity: A general framework Management Decision 16.808
Korsgaard S 2011 Opportunity formation in social entrepreneurship Journal of Enterprising Communities 16.484
Cliff J et al. 2006 New to the game and questioning the rules: The experiences and beliefs of founders who start imitative versus innovative firms Journal of Business Venturing 16.238
Aliaga-Isla R & Rialp A 2012 How Do Information and Experience Play a Role in the Discovery of Entrepreneurial Opportunities? The Case of Latin-American Immigrants in Barcelona Latin American Business Review 16.153
Ihrig M et al. 2006 The knowledge-based approach to entrepreneurship: linking the entrepreneurial process to the dynamic evolution of knowledge International Journal of Knowledge Managem… 16.031
Gorling S & Rehn A 2008 Accidental ventures-A materialist reading of opportunity and entrepreneurial potential Scandinavian Journal of Management 15.010
Davidsson P et al. 2006 Institutional forces: The invisible hand that shapes venture ideas? International Small Business Journal 14.865
Di Gregorio D 2005 Re-thinking country risk: Insights from entrepreneurship theory International Business Review 14.549
Dahlqvist J & Wiklund J 2012 Measuring the market newness of new ventures Journal of Business Venturing 14.249
Ravasi D & Turati C 2005 Exploring entrepreneurial learning: A comparative study of technology development projects Journal of Business Venturing 14.071

4.3 Publications over time

4.4 Connectivity between the research areas

Ok, just to get a first glance, should not be overinterpreted. We see sustainability transition to be the most central community (not surprising, keeping in mind how the corpus is generated). More interestingly, it appears to be strongly connected to IS, climate change adaption and sustainable consumption literature, less so to enviromental science and PSS.

4.5 Zooming in the systainability transitions community

In the first scan it can clearly be seen, that the core of the sustainability transitions community resides in com2. So, lets zoom in a bit there and look at its internal structure. So, I did a second round of community detection inside com2 to identify the sub-communities within sustainability transitions. Lets see what we find…

We here find 4 sub-communities of rather equal size. Lets characterize them…

4.5.1 Most central journals, authors, institutions

Authors
Journals
Institutions
Keywords
Most cited References
AU dgr.f SO dgr C dgr.f DE dgr CR n
Community 1
Geels F 277 Environmental Innovation and Societal Tran… 667 University of Sussex 695 sustainability transitions 595 Geels F (2002) Research Policy 144
Raven R 196 Energy Policy 508 Wageningen University and Research Centre 335 transitions 570 Geels F & Schot J (2007) Research Policy 143
Smith A 174 Journal of Cleaner Production 499 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 305 sustainability 518 Geels F (2002) Res. Policy 88
Bulkeley H 148 Research Policy 422 UCL 263 multi-level perspective 467 Smith A et al. (2005) Research Policy 76
Kern F 128 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 397 Utrecht University 252 transition 435 Geels F (2004) Research Policy 74
Longhurst N 109 Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 302 University of Leeds 220 climate change 350 Geels F & Schot J (2007) Res. Policy 68
Leeuwis C 104 Energy Research and Social Science 231 University of Durham 204 innovation 348 Smith A et al. (2010) Research Policy 62
Truffer B 102 Environment and Planning A 199 University of Manchester 195 socio-technical transitions 295 Shove E & Walker G (2007) Environment and Planning A 53
Hodson M 98 Global Environmental Change 189 Cardiff University 192 governance 291 Rip A & Kemp R (1998) Human Choice and Climate Change 50
Grin J 98 Urban Studies 167 Delft University of Technology 189 energy transition 242 Geels F (2004) Res. Policy 41
Community 2
Sovacool B 76 Science Technology and Human Values 151 University of Twente 183 technology 120 Hughes T (1983) Networks of Power: Electrification in West… 51
Geels F 72 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 100 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 97 actor-network theory 110 Hughes T (1987) The Social Construction of Technological S… 35
Hanseth O 60 Energy Policy 94 Delft University of Technology 89 innovation 89 Latour B (1987) Science in Action 27
Lovell H 48 Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 85 University of Edinburgh 81 infrastructure 78 Bijker W et al. (1987) The Social Construction of Technological S… 26
Bijker W 45 Research Policy 84 Lancaster University 70 expectations 75 Winner L (1980) Daedalus 24
Wilson M 45 Energy Research and Social Science 80 Universitetet i Oslo 70 information technology 65 Latour B (1987) Science in Action: How to Follow Scientist… 23
Rip A 42 Social Studies of Science 75 Maastricht University 68 politics 56 Callon M (1986) Power, Action and Belief: A New Sociology … 22
Hyysalo S 41 Information Technology & People 51 Helsingin Yliopisto 60 sts 53 Callon M (1991) A Sociology of Monsters: Essays on Power, … 22
Jorgensen U 38 European Journal of Information Systems 47 Utrecht University 59 social construction of technology 53 Bijker W (1995) Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward … 21
Oudshoorn N 37 System Innovation and the Transition to Su… 37 Danmarks Tekniske Universitet 57 actor network theory 51 Pinch T & Bijker W (1984) Social Studies of Science 21
Community 3
Rotmans J 252 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 313 Erasmus University Rotterdam 479 transition management 513 Rotmans J et al. (2001) Foresight 194
Brown R 197 Journal of Cleaner Production 221 Delft University of Technology 303 sustainability 347 Smith A et al. (2005) Research Policy 60
Loorbach D 189 Environmental Innovation and Societal Tran… 178 Monash University 232 transitions 341 Geels F (2002) Research Policy 57
Kemp R 160 Futures 142 Wageningen University and Research Centre 170 governance 239 Geels F & Schot J (2007) Research Policy 53
Whitmarsh L 114 Ecology and Society 98 University of Sussex 130 innovation 219 Rip A & Kemp R (1998) Human Choice and Climate Change 43
Bergman N 101 Research Policy 97 University of East Anglia 127 transition 210 Loorbach D (2010) Governance 40
Farrelly M 96 Environment and Planning C: Government and… 77 University of Amsterdam 93 sustainable development 204 Geels F (2005) Technological Transitions and System Innov… 37
Haxeltine A 96 Policy Sciences 76 Clark University 87 sustainability transitions 148 Loorbach D (2007) Transition Management: New Mode of Governa… 37
Schilperoord M 88 Energy Policy 73 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 87 socio-technical transitions 134 Shove E & Walker G (2007) Environment and Planning A 32
Avelino F 79 Global Environmental Change 72 UNU-MERIT 81 system innovation 119 Kern F & Smith A (2008) Energy Policy 26
Community 4
Geels F 413 Energy Policy 582 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 654 strategic niche management 317 Unruh G (2000) Energy Policy 135
Raven R 275 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 273 University of Sussex 159 multi-level perspective 290 Kemp R et al. (1998) Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 93
Smith A 142 Research Policy 197 Wageningen University and Research Centre 132 innovation 215 Geels F (2002) Research Policy 69
Foxon T 141 Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 193 University of Twente 123 transition 175 Rip A & Kemp R (1998) Human Choice and Climate Change 68
Verbong G 130 Journal of Cleaner Production 192 Cardiff University 110 transition management 168 Unruh G (2002) Energy Policy 54
Kemp R 122 Technology in Society 96 Imperial College London 106 sustainability 157 Geels F (2004) Research Policy 41
Pearson P 83 System Innovation and the Transition to Su… 65 Delft University of Technology 102 co-evolution 137 Geels F (2005) Technological Transitions and System Innov… 41
Schot J 77 Science Technology and Human Values 65 University of Cambridge 89 renewable energy 108 Schot J et al. (1994) Futures 40
Berkhout F 69 Technovation 55 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 87 system innovation 107 Hoogma R et al. (2002) Experimenting for Sustainable Transport: T… 38
Truffer B 58 Futures 51 University of Leeds 85 lock-in 105 Nelson R & Winter S (1982) An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change 37
Community 5
Hekkert M 372 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 442 Utrecht University 325 technological innovation systems 318 Jacobsson S & Johnson A (2000) Energy Policy 82
Truffer B 222 Energy Policy 403 Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science… 274 technological innovation system 294 Bergek A et al. (2008) Research Policy 66
Jacobsson S 194 Research Policy 230 Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Devel… 263 innovation systems 189 Jacobsson S & Bergek A (2004) Industrial and Corporate Change 63
Markard J 182 Environmental Innovation and Societal Tran… 213 Chalmers University of Technology 237 sustainability 177 Hekkert M et al. (2007) Technological Forecasting and Social Change 58
Suurs R 143 Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 187 Lunds Universitet 164 innovation policy 164 Unruh G (2000) Energy Policy 52
Coenen L 111 Journal of Cleaner Production 80 Linköpings universitet 136 innovation system 157 Jacobsson S & Lauber V (2006) Energy Policy 51
Negro S 109 European Planning Studies 79 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 128 innovation 133 Bergek A et al. (2008) Res. Policy 48
Bergek A 99 Science and Public Policy 47 University of Sussex 101 renewable energy 114 Carlsson B & Stankiewicz R (1991) Journal of Evolutionary Economics 48
Raven R 90 Agricultural Systems 43 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 100 biofuels 113 Geels F (2002) Research Policy 46
Hillman K 73 Global Environmental Change 39 ETH Zürich 96 policy 109 Markard J & Truffer B (2008) Research Policy 46
Community 6
Seyfang G 33 Energy Policy 180 University of Sussex 51 renewable energy 122 Walker G (2008) Energy Policy 44
Smith A 33 Energy Research and Social Science 52 Lancaster University 38 community energy 83 Walker G & Devine-Wright P (2008) Energy Policy 40
Walker G 27 Local Environment 31 University of Exeter 37 energy transition 44 Walker G et al. (2010) Energy Policy 28
Devine-Wright P 27 Renewable Energy 19 University of East Anglia 36 community 38 Mitchell C et al. (2006) Energy Policy 27
Hielscher S 23 Geoforum 16 University of Manchester 16 community renewable energy 37 Seyfang G & Smith A (2007) Environmental Politics 26
Toke D 17 Environment and Planning A 13 University of Twente 16 grassroots innovations 27 Wustenhagen R et al. (2007) Energy Policy 26
Wiersma B 15 Sustainability (Switzerland) 12 University of Birmingham 15 wind power 24 Walker G & Cass N (2007) Area 24
Park J 13 Environmental Innovation and Societal Tran… 12 Universität St. Gallen 14 strategic niche management 23 Lauber V (2004) Energy Policy 22
Lauber V 12 Journal of Cleaner Production 12 Universitat Salzburg 12 civil society 21 Jacobsson S & Lauber V (2006) Energy Policy 21
Wustenhagen R 12 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate C… 10 Karelia University of Applied Sciences 12 grassroots innovation 20 Rogers J et al. (2008) Energy Policy 21

For me it seems as if there are differences, but I guess one has to look closer. Is that helpful?

4.5.2 Most central publications per research area

AU PY TI SO dgr
Community 1
Hargreaves T et al. 2013 Up, down, round and round: Connecting regimes and practices in innovation for sustainability Environment and Planning A 37.551
Fuenfschilling L & Truffer B 2014 The structuration of socio-technical regimes - Conceptual foundations from institutional theory Research Policy 37.326
Rosenbloom D et al. 2016 Framing the sun: A discursive approach to understanding multi-dimensional interactions within socio-technical transitions through the case of solar… Research Policy 34.969
Ingram J 2015 Framing niche-regime linkage as adaptation: An analysis of learning and innovation networks for sustainable agriculture across Europe Journal of Rural Studies 34.941
Jorgensen U 2012 Mapping and navigating transitions - The multi-level perspective compared with arenas of development Research Policy 34.319
Ingram J et al. 2015 Interactions between Niche and Regime: An Analysis of Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture across Europe Journal of Agricultural Education and Exte… 34.288
Pesch U 2015 Tracing discursive space: Agency and change in sustainability transitions Technological Forecasting and Social Change 34.229
Lachman D 2013 A survey and review of approaches to study transitions Energy Policy 33.439
Elzen B et al. 2012 Anchoring of innovations: Assessing Dutch efforts to harvest energy from glasshouses Environmental Innovation and Societal Tran… 33.200
Mattes J et al. 2015 Energy transitions in small-scale regions - What we can learn from a regional innovation systems perspective Energy Policy 33.118
Community 2
Geels F 2004 Understanding system innovations: A critical literature review and a conceptual synthesis System Innovation and the Transition to Su… 37.275
Geels F 2004 From sectoral systems of innovation to socio-technical systems: Insights about dynamics and change from sociology and institutional theory Research Policy 25.984
Garud R & Gehman J 2012 Metatheoretical perspectives on sustainability journeys: Evolutionary, relational and durational Research Policy 23.808
Yoo Y et al. 2005 The role of standards in innovation and diffusion of broadband mobile services: The case of South Korea Journal of Strategic Information Systems 22.024
Hoyssa M & Hyysalo S 2009 The fog of innovation: Innovativeness and deviance in developing new clinical testing equipment Research Policy 19.114
Dafoe A 2015 On Technological Determinism: A Typology, Scope Conditions, and a Mechanism Science Technology and Human Values 18.787
Bijker W 2009 Social Construction of Technology A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology 17.950
Jorgensen M & Jorgensen U 2009 Green technology foresight of high technology: A social shaping of technology approach to the analysis of hopes and hypes Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 17.843
Rogers J 1998 Internetworking and the politics of science: NSFNET in internet history Information Society 16.830
Bijker W 2009 How is technology made?-That is the question! Cambridge Journal of Economics 16.636
Community 3
Brunori G et al. 2012 On the New Social Relations around and beyond Food. Analysing Consumers’ Role and Action in Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale (Solidarity Purchasing Groups) Sociologia Ruralis 36.584
Matthias Weber K et al. 2014 ICT-enabled system innovations in public services: Experiences from intelligent transport systems Telecommunications Policy 32.123
Schilperoord M et al. 2008 Modelling societal transitions with agent transformation Computational and Mathematical Organizatio… 29.674
Pekkarinen S et al. 2011 Clashes as potential for innovation in public service sector reform International Journal of Public Sector Man… 27.017
van Staveren M et al. 2014 Let<U+FFFD>s bring in the floods: de-poldering in the Netherlands as a strategy for long-term delta survival? Water International 26.322
Reinstaller A 2008 The technological transition to chlorine free pulp bleaching technologies: lessons for transition policies Journal of Cleaner Production 24.949
Shove E & Walker G 2007 CAUTION! Transitions ahead: Politics, practice, and sustainable transition management Environment and Planning A 23.758
Kemp R 2010 The Dutch energy transition approach International Economics and Economic Policy 23.452
Kemp R et al. 2007 Transition management as a model for managing processes of co-evolution towards sustainable development International Journal of Sustainable Devel… 23.321
Rauschmayer F et al. 2015 Towards a thick understanding of sustainability transitions - Linking transition management, capabilities and social practices Ecological Economics 23.185
Community 4
Geels F 2005 Processes and patterns in transitions and system innovations: Refining the co-evolutionary multi-level perspective Technological Forecasting and Social Change 28.460
Raven R 2007 Co-evolution of waste and electricity regimes: Multi-regime dynamics in the Netherlands (1969-2003) Energy Policy 27.083
Geels F & Kemp R 2007 Dynamics in socio-technical systems: Typology of change processes and contrasting case studies Technology in Society 27.005
Foxon T 2007 Technological lock-in and the role of innovation Handbook of Sustainable Development 25.715
Foxon T 2006 Bounded rationality and hierarchical complexity: Two paths from Simon to ecological and evolutionary economics Ecological Complexity 25.399
Simmie J et al. 2014 New technological path creation: evidence from the British and German wind energy industries Journal of Evolutionary Economics 25.369
Geels F & Kemp R 2006 Transitions, Transformations, and Reproduction: Dynamics in Socio-Technical Systems Flexibility and Stability in the Innovatin… 23.967
Elzen B et al. 2004 Socio-technical scenarios as a tool for transition policy: An example from the traffic and transport domain System Innovation and the Transition to Su… 23.832
Geels F & Schot J 2007 Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways Research Policy 23.149
Geels F 2007 Analysing the breakthrough of rock ‘n’ roll (1930-1970) Multi-regime interaction and reconfiguration in the multi-level perspective Technological Forecasting and Social Change 22.191
Community 5
Vidican G et al. 2012 An empirical examination of the development of a solar innovation system in the United Arab Emirates Energy for Sustainable Development 21.878
Lovio R & Kivimaa P 2012 Comparing Alternative Path Creation Frameworks in the Context of Emerging Biofuel Fields in the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland European Planning Studies 21.555
Edsand H 2017 Identifying barriers to wind energy diffusion in Colombia: A function analysis of the technological innovation system and the wider context Technology in Society 21.307
van Alphen K et al. 2009 The performance of the Norwegian carbon dioxide, capture and storage innovation system Energy Policy 21.169
Jacobsson S & Bergek A 2011 Innovation system analyses and sustainability transitions: Contributions and suggestions for research Environmental Innovation and Societal Tran… 20.449
Markard J & Truffer B 2008 Technological innovation systems and the multi-level perspective: Towards an integrated framework Research Policy 20.412
Dewald U & Truffer B 2011 Market formation in technological innovation systems-diffusion of photovoltaic applications in Germany Industry and Innovation 19.868
Meelen T & Farla J 2013 Towards an integrated framework for analysing sustainable innovation policy Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 19.639
Hillman K et al. 2008 Cumulative causation in biofuels development: A critical comparison of the Netherlands and Sweden Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 19.538
Hellsmark H & Jacobsson S 2009 Opportunities for and limits to Academics as System builders-The case of realizing the potential of gasified biomass in Austria Energy Policy 19.236
Community 6
Walker G 2011 The role for ‘community’ in carbon governance Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate C… 10.460
Magnani N & Osti G 2016 Does civil society matter? Challenges and strategies of grassroots initiatives in Italy’s energy transition Energy Research and Social Science 7.682
Hoppe T et al. 2015 Local governments supporting local energy initiatives: Lessons from the best practices of Saerbeck (Germany) and Lochem (The Netherlands) Sustainability (Switzerland) 7.197
Hielscher S et al. 2011 Community innovation for sustainable energy Working Paper - Centre for Social and Econ… 6.952
Yalcin-Riollet M et al. 2014 Energy autonomy in Le Men<U+FFFD>: A French case of grassroots innovation Energy Policy 6.932
Park J 2012 Fostering community energy and equal opportunities between communities Local Environment 6.888
Hicks J & Ison N 2011 Community-owned renewable energy (CRE): Opportunities for rural Australia Rural Society 6.854
Hielscher S et al. 2013 Grassroots innovations for sustainable energy: Exploring nichedevelopment processes among community-energy initiatives Innovations in Sustainable Consumption 6.502
Rogers J et al. 2012 Social impacts of community renewable energy projects: Findings from a woodfuel case study Energy Policy 6.462
Walker G 2008 What are the barriers and incentives for community-owned means of energy production and use? Energy Policy 6.461

I know to little about the internal dynamics in the field, but hope that makes somewhat sense…

4.5.3 Internal network

4.5.3.1 Overall

Finally, we can take a look at the most central publications (tob 50) in the community via a network plot.

4.5.3.2 Per sub-community

To go a bit more in detal, I also provide the network of the top-100 most central publications per community. I here tried out an interactive visualization. You can zoom in and out, and the names of the papers are revealed when you click them. Should be a bit less overwhelming that way, and should encourage own exploration. Lets see if you like it.

5 2-Mode dynamics

still to-do